The Gram Family Name

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Grim surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

Family name meaning

Written in a baptism entry or a ship's list, Gram usually leads back to Grim. Its meaning, shared with Grim, is “Grim, fierce”.

Gram is listed among the recognised spellings of Grim. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Other spellings include Grem and Grims. Gram ranked 14,881 in the 2010 US Census, with 1,988 people answering to the name. Gram sounds close to Graeme, so it can help to search both.

Get the complete Gram report, with a museum-style coat of arms.